Well, I would say this - I've been working here for 18 years, and in 1975 no one died. In 1976, no one died. In 1977, no one died. In 1978, no one died. In 1979, no-one died. In 1980... someone died. In 1981, no one died. In 1982 there was the incident with the pigeon. In 1983, no one died. In 1984, no one died. In 1985, no one died. In 1986... I mean, I could go on.- Keith Mandement, The Day TodayFollowing concerns raised by Brockley Central readers on this thread, about potentially dangerous levels of overcrowding during the evening peak time at Brockley Station, TfL has confirmed that it will investigate the issue.

We sent them your comments and in response, a TfL spokesman said:

“The gates at Brockley station were introduced by Southern, and we inherited this system in September 2009. Since then LOROL has been operating the station on TfL London Rail’s behalf, and no accidents have been reported at the station. However, our stations team is due to go on site at Brockley in the next few weeks to observe passenger flows and determine whether action is required there.”

Thanks for your helpful feedback and to TfL for responding so promptly.

You should try Forest Hill station at the moment - the foot bridge to the main exit has been closed for months, so everyone shuffles through a narrow gate on the west side platform to get out. Can get a bit intimate.

I am not going to get too optimistic about this because too often investigation is seen as action, to bodies like tfl. They'll cite that they'd haven't the money, or need to conduct a further review before any tangible changes can be made. Sadly it's only when a person or people have been hurt or killed is action seen as a top priority. And no one wants that.

It's just a shame that when the contracts were drawn out that issues such as overcrowding, functionality of the station layout, entrance & exits don't appear to be part of the service level agreement and so no financial lever than can be used to drive things.

why does everythiing have to be an 'elf and safety issue!!! surely it's just blooming inconvenient. It may also be against the law (Disabilities Discrimination Act)as it even more inconvenient for disabled passengers.

H&S, fare evasion, inconvinience, the DDA legislation. They are all relevent and need to be balanced by those who manage the system. They have a duty of care for passengers and have to protect revenue so keepind the subsidies (your taxes) down. People do talk a lot of cock about H&S